#hesitation

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. ↗

— John Ruskin

#first #great #great man #hesitation #his

If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away. ↗

— L'Wren Scott

#away #because #feel #feel good #fitting

On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#countless #countless millions #dawn #died #down

There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#after #age #between #career #centre

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#consequences #decidedly #done #ever #good

Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#procrastination #procrastination

Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#command #expected #failure #harm #hesitation

Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals passed through the broken tumultuous water and moored their boat at the flowery margin of the island. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#broken #doubt #expectancy #flowery #hesitation

Fish held the silence for so long that I had to restrain myself from prodding her. That's never a good idea. Sometimes people hesitate because they don't have the courage to come out with whatever needs to be said; other times they desperately want to speak but can't find the words. Jabbing them prematurely tends to shut them up. Outwaiting them gives them the time to say more than they intend. ↗

— Adam-Troy Castro

#introversion #silence #courage

Uncertainty is caused by a lack of knowledge. Hesitation is the product of fear. ↗

— Internet Archive

#uncertainty #internet